Heena Sharma Blog

Google and Facebook collect information about us and then sell that data to advertisers. Websites deposit invisible “ cookies ” onto our computers and then record where we go online. Even our own government has been known to track us. When it comes to digital privacy, it’s easy to feel hopeless. We’re mere mortals! We’re minuscule molecules in their machines! What power do we possibly have to fight back? That was the question I posed to you, dear readers, in the previous “Crowdwise.” Many of you responded with valuable but frequently repeated suggestions: Use a program that memorizes your passwords, and make every password different. Install an ad blocker in your web browser, like uBlock Origin. Read up on the latest internet scams. If you must use Facebook, visit its Privacy Settings page and limit its freedom to target ads to you. What I sought, though, was non-obvious ideas. It turns out that “digital privacy” means different things to different people. “ Everyone...

The UIDAI said vested interests had misused Google's "inadvertent" act that led to appearance of its old helpline number in the contact list of several users h Current Affairs News : The UIDAI on Sunday said vested interests misused Google's "inadvertent" act around it old helpline number to create fear and tarnish the image of Aadhaar while emphasising that a number stored in contact list cannot steal data from a mobile phone. The Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) said rumour mongers attempted to tarnish the image of Aadhaar for a Google's inadvertent act that led to the appearance of its old helpline number 1800 300 1947 in the contact list of several mobile phone users. " UIDAI condemns the vested interests who tried to misuse Google's "inadvertent" act as an opportunity to spread rumours and go around fear-mongering against Aadhaar," the authority said in a statement. Last week, a French secu...